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Volume 17, Issue 05
Sunshine Coast, British Columbia • www.thelocalweekly.ca • Thursday, January 31, 2019 Is This Bobby, Eddy Or David? Page 8
Gibsons Council Expanding Page 2
Farmers Institute
The Valley Of Monumental Trees
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PH Residents Association Page 5
Hardworking Thieves Page 6
Year Of The Pig Page 8
Controlling Bee Disease Page 9
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A hiker poses beside a huge red cedar tree in the Dakota Valley. Elphinstone Logging Focus (ELF) says this and other red and yellow cedars in the valley qualify as “Monumental Trees”. The term is used by BC Timber Sales (BCTS) to describe cedars in which the trunks are at least 1.3 metres in diameter at chest height and continuing up without taper for at least four metres (for yellow cedar) or five metres (red cedar) with few knots. The trees are valued by First Nations for cultural purposes and BCTS says they are eligible for “conserving where it is practicable to do so.” ELF is asking BCTS to cancel cutting plans in an area of the valley, accessible from Roberts Creek via the B&K logging road and the Sechelt Dakota Forest Service Rd. See letters, page 4. JOHN DAVIES PHOTO
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